State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Daniels

{¶ 1} We focus our attention in this appeal on the question of whether the Cincinnati Enquirer, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., may, pursuant to R.C. 149.43, Ohio’s Public Records Act, obtain copies of the Cincinnati Health Department’s lead-contamination notices issued to property owners of units reported to be the residences of children whose blood tests indicated elevated lead levels. Relying on the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information contained in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), 110…